All I can say is ever since I no longer use the supplied kernels from Red Hat or Fedora or CentOS I have not had any hardware problems.

I build and use my own custom kernels from the source at kernel.org;

$ uname -rin
Aspire5000 2.6.15-rc7 x86_64

No backports, patches and other changes from the Fedora/Red Hat are in the kernel unless they have been accepted by Linus and company into the vanilla kernel.

Please tell me how does one make a vanilla kernel? also Merry X-mas Lenard

Download the kernel source from kernel.org, unpack it in the /usr/src directory location then;


make mrproper
cp /boot/config-<kernel-version_number>
(this will give you a starting point to customize your kernel)
make menuconfig [or xconfig or gconfig]*
(custom for your hardware, takes a while the first time and is required)
make
make modules_install
make install

It is a good idea to read this before starting;

http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/K...ild-HOWTO.html

Don't get discouraged if at first you do not build a working kernel, many including myself do not. I built 6 bad kernels before building my first good kernel, now it's almost automatic for me.

* If you use 'make xconfig' with x86_64 then it will fail (small bug). This is will happen everytime, the first time is needed in order to create then fix the .tmp_qtcheck file in the scripts/kconfig directory. All you need to do is edit or replace the file, here's the edited corrected version for Red Hat based systems;

QTDIR=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3
QTLIBPATH=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/lib
QTLIB=qt-mt

thank you once again lenard .

I have found better solution to problem I was having . I converted to SUSE linux it fixed the belkin,and now works aok. thankyou for all your help
Sam

Not that I'm complaining or anything, but I do recall suggesting you try a different distro.

I'm glad you finally got the usb ethernet device to work, I knew it was something strange with Fedroa Core 4, they sometimes do some 'strange' things with their kernels and configurations.

FYI: I do not have one of the Belkin usb ethernet devices like yours, I do have a friend that has one. It works just fine with my custom vanilla kernels (and the atmel fc3/4 firmware rpm) but does not with the latest x86_64 kernel from Fedora.

You was right then I must say.. I guess I had just hoped for too much from the fedora I had Thank you for your help LENARD.. I hope we can keep in touch as buddies.

I have no issues or problems with helping you out if I can. Like I said I'm glad you got the Belkin usb ethernet device working.

It seems that the Fedora developors have a different set of objectives in mind lately. Sound card problems, Wide-screen Laptop / Monitor problems, wireless problems and selinux problems abound with Fedora Core 4, for a 'bleeding edge' release it seems quite 'out of touch' with modern computing.

I have no issues or problems with helping you out if I can. Like I said I'm glad you got the Belkin usb ethernet device working.

It seems that the Fedora developors have a different set of objectives in mind lately. Sound card problems, Wide-screen Laptop / Monitor problems, wireless problems and selinux problems abound with Fedora Core 4, for a 'bleeding edge' release it seems quite 'out of touch' with modern computing.

Well Lenard let me know if I can do anything for you in the near future as well .